Archive for December, 2009
Battlefield Acupuncture Being Used By Air Force for Pain Relief
The military medical community has been using all sorts of alternative therapies — yoga, meditation, even animal-petting — to ease the strains of post-traumatic stress disorder FOR returning troops. One of the non-traditional treatments will be used in a war zone for the first time. “The Air Force will begin teaching ‘battlefield acupuncture‘ early next [...]
US Air Force Relying On Battlefield Acupuncture For Pain Relief
Acupuncture is increasingly being used for pain control by the US Air Force (USAF). The technique developed by Richard Niemtzow, editor-in-chief of Medical Acupuncture, has been so successful that the USAF will begin teaching ‘Battlefield Acupuncture’ to physicians deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan in early 2009. ‘Battlefield Acupuncture’ can relieve severe, long lasting pain. Based [...]
Battlefield Acupuncture Treats Pain For Troops
Chief Warrant Officer James Brad Smith broke five ribs, punctured a lung and shattered bones in his hand and thigh after falling more than 20 feet from a Black Hawk helicopter in Baghdad last month. While he was recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, his doctor suggested he add acupuncture to his [...]